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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2011
Yo Taniguchi, Kokubunji, JP;
Yoshitaka Bito, Kokubunji, JP;
Tetsuhiko Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takenori Murase, Kashiwa, JP;
Yo Taniguchi, Kokubunji, JP;
Yoshitaka Bito, Kokubunji, JP;
Tetsuhiko Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takenori Murase, Kashiwa, JP;
HITACHI MEDICAL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Image processing techniques which enable various contrast control, by quantitatively handling a degree of phase enhancement in a contrast control as a post-processing of the image reconstruction. A complex operation is performed on each pixel value of a complex image obtained by an MRI, thereby generating an image with desired contrast. Intensity is controlled by increasing or decreasing the argument of the pixel value of each pixel by a constant amount, and the degree of phase enhancement is controlled by multiplying the phase (argument) of each pixel by a constant.